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Release Date: 1st of March 2019

“i recorded ‘live without fear’ on may 31 1979 with some of my friends.

‘we drove up into evanston from chicago in 3 cars on a day that smelled good and spoke all day sunshine… to ‘live without fear’ means to live in material reality with faith… peace on you!” – soji ade’ 2018. with a price of well over $1000 on the few occasions the original lp has hit the market, ‘live without fear’ is a beautiful album of humble purity and peaceful spiritual jazz vibes that lives up to the hype. with the blessing of creator soji ade and colleague kahil el zabar, we’re delighted to be able to finally share their music with you, 40 years since it was recorded. as so often with private pressings, few copies were pressed and those that were suffered from little or no distribution. however, with our new remaster and with added liner notes from chicago music archivist steven emmerman, their message of love and spiritual unity can now be revealed and appreciated worldwide. note: the original lp was released with both sides approaching 30 mins in length. this is extraordinarily long for an lp and as such the quality of sound will suffer during playback. we have therefore taken the opportunity to release the album as 2 x 12″ sides, each cut at 45rpm, and the sound quality has greatly improved as a result.